Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore is a witty, thought-provoking, irreverent, hilarious novel about Biff, the fella the Bible forgot to include. He writes about adventures he and his best buddy (who happens to be THE Jesus) had: learning the teachings of Lao Tzu while living in caves; becoming almost Buddhists while learning Kung Fu; and doing a lot of the stuff most of us are familiar with from Christianity. The book is bound to piss off some Christian.

Christopher Moore has a great website, where he suggests some of his favorite books, and has a blog-like page, which is actually a forum where he posts to randomly. In his latest post he answers some fan questions, including:

If you were going to be at a dinner party with other (living) authors, who would you hope the other guests would be?

Coyote Blue: I enjoyed this more than Fluke, but less than Lamb. It’s about a guy who left his native indian heritage in the past due to an incident, when one day the indian spirits decide to haunt him in a good way.

A big thanks to Rebecca for recommending Lamb to me, introducing me to Moore.